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Kemptville Queen
Miss Wendy MacKenzie of Luck
now was•recentlyPchosen by the
,students and staff of Kemptville
College of Agricultural Technology
as the 1969 Queen of the 40th ,
Annual Kemptville College Royal. ;•
• She was chosen as the,girlwho con-
. tributed.'most to the Royal'arid
Campus: activities. Wendy has com-
pleted her second year in.Home `.
Economics at Kemptville. She is :•
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs,. Bob • . .
MacKenzie of Lucknow, R..
Miss' Carol Reid of'Paisle , also:in
Bruce Cou -t �, was chosen as one.of
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. the four princesses:
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IN GODERICH . TOURNAMENT
Father and. Son
Do Net Minding
20 Years Apart
The Goderich Young Canada Pee
Wee hockey tournament this year.
celebrated its ,20th year in operat-
ion with the event growing .tremen-
dously over the ,years
An i•nteresting local` view• on the
• tournament is that 20. _years ago, in
1949, the Lucknow Pee..Wee team,
playing four games in one day,
were champions of the tournament
defeating..all" comers, withno class
• .es according population. • Al
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'Baker of • Lucknow was,goaltender
for the championshipteam
.
i. Twenty years later,' in 1969, with
increased opposition; .but with ...
teams divided -according to,',popul-
ation, Lucknow put up a fine show.--
ing , winning three games before'.
.being eliminated Lucknow
classed in the population 1000" to
PP..
2999; with the village 'being just
overthe-1000 figure'. Goaltender in
the1969 series. was Steve Baker,
ton of Al Baker who filled the nets
in the series 20^years before
LUCKNOW, •ONTARIO.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th, 1969.
$ingla Copy l5c;.
20 ,Pages:
e OweMay Tlsf
William Muidieand Son Hard-
ware in Lucknow has been sold, to
a. Toronto couple and the change in
o inership will end a 64 year assoc-
iation of the Murdie family with
this hardware business. •
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Reg°and Carol Jones of'Toronto
:will take over the Murdie business,
effective the first of May. They
are presently redecorating the
apartment over the 'store, formerly
occupied .byMr. and ;Mrs. Wayne
Atkinson, and will move here the
last of this month. They.have two
boys, .Ivlichael, age 8 1/2 and..
Gareth, age 3 1/2,
,Mr. Jones is a native of Wales
and resided st in London. England ,
from 1937 until; coming to; Canada•
in•95 e'
1 4. H is'resent agent
p ly anagn
for Cuna Mutual• Insurance Comp-
any. in Toronto., a division of the
C�inm.unity .choJr
Present: Cantata
n Good Friday:
•A Good Friday Cantata', "No .'
Greater Love"`,'. Was presented in.
the Lucknowed. Church on Fri-
.
day •evening of ,last week,with the' •
church well filledfor;the occasion
A con munity choir.., representing•
various churches in'Lueknow and
..surrounding 'rural area , presented
'the:Cantata which was directed by
Mrs:. Gordon Montgomery of Luck
now: Bob Hall of Lucknow; acted
as organist •
•An organ prelude was by L.E.
Willits of Listow-
el, Soloists during.
'the Cantatawere Mrs ..Lorne:
Sparkes ori-�f-the-nd-af-Kun
soprano; ,Mrs.: Harvey Houston .of ..
P•
;Holyrood,; alto; Glen. Lodge of
Goderch, tenor; Crawford Doug, '
s .of Wingharn, bass Other solo:
There's' an item of interest for
the Goderich records. -and an inter-
esting•item for' Lucknow's' minor.
hockey scrapbook
NoeI Mason Namei
!iC:PriflcipaI7A
rantford School
Credit Union.; He spent several
years in'•machine shop .work in Lon-
don and in Toronto. '
Mrs.:' Jones.. is a Toronto, native..
Prior to her marriage, she was a
fashion model and since her marr- ..
•iage she• hasbeen teaching a •self
improvement course in Toronto
High Schools. and:, with I. B.M.
After„ moving to Lucknow', Mrs..
Jones plans to return to Toronto
once a 'month where a show, in
this • line be presented at the
Inn on. The Park. lt;is her intention
to operate a gift store in the west
:portionof the present hardware
and Mr Jones will continue the'.
hardware line in theother area of
the building,.
Wi-•
am• kindle 1
1 to i , came to Lucknow
from Seaforth in 1905: His son.
became • b a,me associated; with
parts were taken .by Clarence Greer'
of Lucknow and Raynard Ackert,''
of Hoiyrood'. Rev. Laird •Stirling of
Lucknow was narrator > .
About $95 was realized •in•:a free=-
will offering with 66.40', after ex
penses, being • sent to the ` H P.
a
for, Leper Fund.".. indi-
cate
...Statistics i`n
cate that $25 will' cure one -leper.
Choir leader, Mrs.• Gordon Mont-
gomery, ;was presented. with a: doz-
g
a: gift from the choir members. A'
social timeofollowed for members'.
of the.choir.`
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TORONTO
FAMILY
his father in the hardware business •
in the 1920's Mr. Murdie. senior
died 16 years ago and Kenneth
continued in the business until his
death a year ago.. Since :that time,
Ken's wife (the former Pearl Nixon.
of Lucknow has carried on the, hard-
ware. For the past 63 years.. just a
few months after William Murdie.
entered the business until the
present time, Miss Elizabeth Murd -,
ie has been employed in the Mur"die
Hardware.. Miss Murdie, known to •
her many friends 'as "Lib", .has been.
a "right arm" to the men through •
out the years and to Mrs. _Ken Mur-
die since her husband's death a year
ago. She has., acted as bookkeeper
and'• clerk' in• the ,store •and`. w ill
shortly end a• long period of service.
which is seldom equalled Miss Mur:
die is a .sister of the•late .William
Murdie.
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Blakes Church
Favour Proposd Of
One Congregatioh<.
A meeting Monday,evening of•the
•blakes Church.. congregation of • the•
Ashfiel United Church circuit
a rov d a• r p h the three
pp ,.. , .p oposal t at
�. con r k
.en red roses followin •the Cantata �,1-cans-'o'€-B-1�1�es-H�-e�kettis-
and Zion unite : to form: one church
congregation`.: •
Hacketts and Zion had earlier ''. •
approved the proposal; but'Blakes
initially turned it down.'It:was felt
that there was:, some misunderstan-
ding by,sompe of the Blake a •people
about the proposal and the second
meeting was heldat which time
the plan'was approved
Theofficial board will now Pres,-
ent the proposal. to the Presb termmtrealtr-
for their• approval. Following 'appro.
val.by Presbytery,the three con-
gregations ations would meet, as. a group
gr.g. g P
and• elect a new slate of officers.
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VISIT ;IN QUEBEC
Mr. and
Mrs. W'. Wharr•
'mof•
Town spent Easter Week -end in
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Beaconsfield , Quebec :with their
son Bill and Mrs. Wharry
in :
Y•
Peterborough with ,his brother,
Mr, and Mrs .James Wharry..They
Mr and Mrs. Harvey Webster who
• continued on to•Quebec City to
spend the holiday, with -friends .:.
there •
. •
'Pressing Needs At'
..
u ckno w,. , Walkerton"
Noel Iviason', principal at Arthur.
District High School for the past.
two •Years, has accepted aposition
,
• as vice principal of North Park Coll-
egiate and Vocational Institute in
Brantford, where they have an enrol-
ment of about 1300 students.
• Noel, was. rind al: at Lucknow'.
District High School for one' year
just prior to• the closing of the-
school
he•school here. He succeeded Mel
Goyette in thatosition in Dick- P .
now,
Enrolment of the Arthur District
High School is 330.
• In his new position in Brantford,
Mr. Mason will be working in a
iteh is: using -an -u g acted- -
CHESL'EY Bruce•county;board of
education was accused=last'week by
some of its members of devoti}•ig
too much effort to immediately
erecting a headquarters building.
and -neglecting ' construction; needs •
at schools' because of this .
Chesley was selected four weeks
ago' as site for ;the headquarters. At
a committee meeting March 14 a
committee of Maitland Warder
Lion's Head; Mrs. Donald Milne;,
Kincardine;, Ross Fowler , Southam-
. pton and . George Loucks, -Chesley,
was named to, engage an architect ,
moving rapidly on the
adminittration, building but •
other things 'a-re-net-beeng-leoked-•=-
at. ' 4 7
Mr: McCurdyentioned•-
hat he
Y .
termed pressing needs at Lucknow
and at Walkerton public schools.. ti
HAVE. TO WAIT
'rector. L. Bowers said. it is
. Di J., .
unlikely that work will be done at
schools, until an all -county survey
of :needs is 'completed. An efficient
headquarters building is necessary •
to 'efficiently, administer the
county's education, the director,
said .. • -
Lloyd Liesemer of Mildmay said'.
the board should hold back on plans
forthe administration building and
h
get on with the••needs of the pupils.
Bruce county council• in its sess=
ion two weeks ng urged o ur ed the board'
to, reconsider it decision to build
until it is found whether leasing a
system from
- grades 11 to 13.• The
ungraded systerris will eventually
cover all students and will be wide"
.ly used in Ontario.
Noel•, his, wife Carolyn and, daugh•
tees Brenda, Wendy and Dianne,
will be moving to Brantford` the
end• of rune where they have purch-
ased' a house at 66 Driftwo6d Drive,
have soil testi taken, and sketch
plans prepared for the board's •
approval;'
A plot of about 12 acres just north
of Chesley has been optioned and
cost if purchased will be $500 an
acre. The property is serviced.
Harvey McCurdy of Amabel Town
ship said Tuesday, "We seem to be
building would be more ,economi-
cal.
Council 'also-askedrthe_boarcLto
notify council of the board's
"activities , , accomplishments and.
aims;' :at the .June council. session.
When the board, suggested
Tuesday that a committee be set
up to reply toa council ,• board chair
man George Loucks said if the
committee brings,in recommend-
ations;he will resign aschairnian.
''NO JURISDICTION'.,.
"County council has no jurisdict-
ion over education • None
whatever dI have refused ter
explain the conduct of this board
before council,
"I, will not as chairman go. to
council and make any accounting.,
If it is felt necessary that the chair
man do this, ,I•`.lI not act ,as chair -
CONTINUED ON, PAGE lg
Farm In family
dor i'II.LYeu rs
Peter Campbell recently sold: his
,West Wawanosh Township farm to •
Ronald McCrostie of Saskatoon, a
native and 'frequent visitor to this.
The100 acre Campbell farm i'
..p, s
located on the sideroadbetween
the"12th. and: 10th concessions of
West .Wawanosh; a mile, east of the
Lucknow -Dungannon road':
",The farm‘was :originally taken. 'up
by Peter's grandfather, Peter Cam-.
pbe11'and later farmed b :his'fath-
er Neil Campbell: Peter s
grandfather took the farm "out of
the bush" 116 years ago in 1853 and..
the property.has•;'remained in the ...
•famil'y:since that time.
Mr, .and Mrs ` Campbell will con,-`
tinue to live in 'the house for, the'.' •
time being.
:11(v*Kindergarfen'
Kindergarten classes will be avail'
able in all parts of. Bruce. county
this September, it was decided by
the County ,Board of Education;at •
their' meeting on Ap'ri'l 1:
-In :recomrnen• ing .t is action , Cir
ector J.L. Bowers noted• that very
few municipalities in •Bruce County
have, lacked kindergarten `classes. •
and observed that. this .was .a credit.,.
to the progressive think ing of .form::
er, school ,boards it_ was found that •
where these classes; were.. rnissin
•g.
there wa§' a. lack of accomm•odat
ion:
The Board's approval on a motion
by Lloyd: Leisemer• and Maitland •
Warder, also authorized the direct-
or to arrange for
Enrolment at 'Kincardine -Tiverton; •
T.S.A. warrants' use of a kinder-
garten for a full day. At Ripley
Huron, Lion's Head and St, Edmun-
ds schools, single classes will meet
the need on a half-day basis.
Temporary acc'ommodation may
in
n
be arraned church school rooms
or, other public buildings
Staff-room,atKincardine-Tiverton..
artd ala room at St. Edmunds' poss.'
P y.
ibly to be used, .While a portable
classroom might be used for the
full-da'y'kindergarten, Mr, Bowers
sugge's'ted such accommodation
Would not be practical for half-day
use
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